EPOV
That kiss was… holy fucking shit.
I was surprised that she actually kissed me, but melted into her and kissed her back, greedy for her soft, warm lips. My hands engulfing her tiny waist.
It was heaven.
Then, reality kicked back in.
She'd told me couldn't see me again, that she couldn't get involved with someone, then she kisses me like I've never been kissed before.
It didn't make sense, but when I told her that, I regretted it immediately. Bella's face was panicked, nervous, confused… scared.
I wanted to take back what I'd said and wrap her up in my arms again.
She turned and ran from me and I called out for her to stop, but she didn't seem to hear me, or ignored me. So I went after her, running out of the small bar we had been in and onto the deck.
Bella was just standing there, a few feet away from me, staring at the water.
"Bella!" I said when I ran up to her, lightly gripping her wrist gently so she couldn't run from me again. "I'm sorry I was such an assho-"
Before I could finish, her hand shot up at lightning speed, grasping my chin and yanked my head out toward the ocean.
"Holy shit." I breathed out.
A massive wave that looked like it could be a fucking tsunami was coming right for the ship.
It was too close, it would be here in about a minute. Maybe less.
"Run!" I yelled and pushed her. Bella finally got into gear and was running down the deck and up the stairs to where the rooms were.
I knew where she was going… Nessie was up there. And so were Alice and Jasper. I was running after her, only a few steps behind.
A minute…
I started banging on Alice and Jasper's door with everything I had and yelling at the top of my lungs.
"Get up, get up! Get the fuck up! Jazz! Alice! Come on!" An angry Alice flung the door open.
"Wave!" Was all I managed to get out.
"We're in the ocean, there's a lot of waves." She grumbled.
"No. Huge wave that will capsize the entire fucking ship, wave!" I screamed.
Fifty-five seconds…
Her face cleared of any sleep, alert. Jasper was out the next second, pulling on pants over his boxers as he ran past me.
Next thing, Bella is next to me with a still half asleep Nessie in her arms.
"What are we going to do?" Bella asked, panic filling her voice.
Fifty seconds…
"We can't run anywhere." Alice said.
"Jump." I said. "We have to jump, now. If we go down with the ship, there's a greater chance we won't make it. It'll suck us under with it and we'll drown before we can reach the surface again."
"What about everyone else?" Bella asked.
"You really want to waste time waking up everyone while we could be working to save our own lives?" I hissed at her, feeling bad even a I said it.
Her eyes darted down to Nessie for half a second before she shook her head, agreeing with me.
Jasper had come back and was now lugging out two suitcases out of their room.
"Seriously?" I asked incredulously.
This is no time to save Alice's clothes.
"Hopefully, these can float. I'm pretty sure Nessie can't swim for too long, she'll need something to float on. And there's another one so we can take turns." He said, carrying them past me.
Oh.
Good idea.
Alice and I grabbed more of the large suitcases, one for her and two for me, following Jasper down to the deck.
Forty seconds…
Throwing them over board quickly, I turned to Alice and Bella. Alice was watching the wave, her eyes huge, and Bella had finally gotten Nessie awake and was talking to her, telling her that when we jumped into the water, she needed to swim.
"Jump." I said, grabbing Bella and pulling her to the rail.
"I can't jump with Nessie!" She yelled.
"I'll take her." I grunted, grabbing Nessie out of her arms and cradling her in my own.
I saw Jasper lift Alice up over the railing and then she disappeared, then I heard a splash a second later.
Bella went next, giving me and Nessie one last glance before jumping over the edge.
Thirty seconds…
I went the same time as Jasper, making sure I had a good grip on Nessie before jumping, plunging into the water.